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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. curved like a sickle;
- Example: "a falcate leaf"
- Example: "falcate claws"
- Example: "the falcate moon"
[syn: falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Falciform \Fal"ci*form\, a. [L. falx, falcis, a sickle + -form: cf. F. falciforme.] Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

falciform adj 1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon" [syn: falcate, falciform, sickle- shaped]